India’s next major assignment once the Indian Premier League gets over is the tour of England. The tour has always been a matter of pride for the Indian team. The fact that India’s regular Test captain will not be playing against Afghanistan shows the gravity of the series. After the Test series, India will engage in the T20I and ODI series.

Two spinners who have risen to seal their places in the Indian limited-overs cricket in the last year or so are Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal. The duo will not be engaging in any cricket after the IPL and will then make their way to England to play in the white-ball cricket.

Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who is playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL, is focussed on making good use of the one-month break post IPL to sharpen his skill sets at the National Cricket Academy under the former Indian spinner Narendra Hirwani before flying off to the United Kingdom.

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Although Chahal has represented India in 23 ODIs and 21 T20Is has taken 43 and 35 wickets respectively, he is yet to play in the English conditions. But the 27-year old has no prior experience of playing in the UK but he has already planned how he will go about the task on his maiden tour in six weeks’ time.

“Before England, we are going to Ireland. The weather is expected to be the same as in England. I have a month left after IPL. I will go to NCA in Bengaluru for training. There I will have a chat with my coach, Hirwani Sir (former India leg-spinner),” Chahal said after RCB’s win over Delhi Daredevils in an IPL encounter.

“He (Hirwani) has also played earlier in the UK (for India as well as league cricket). So, I will ask him about the weather and conditions. India A team will also tour first and I have a lot of friends on that team. I will try and find out from them as to how helpful the pitches are and how the bounce is,” Chahal said.

Narendra Hirwani took 16 wickets on his Test debut which a Test cricket record. He soon faded away as he was found out by opposition batsmen and they started picking him. After the short-lived career, Hirwani has found some success in cricket coaching.

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Chahal has not been at his best in the ongoing IPL as he has been during past editions but he has been keeping things tight. He has picked up 10 wickets so far in 11 matches with an economy rate of 7.57. On a personal front, he is satisfied with his performance so far.

Yuzvendra said,” If I am not getting wickets, then I am also giving away fewer runs. That means, this year the batsmen are not attacking me that much even though they have seen me more now.”